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Baylor County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 83% of the vote for governor in Baylor County. The margin is 7.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Baylor County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
81.1%977
James Talarico
15.4%186
Ted Brown
3.4%41
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
82.9%1,002
Gina Hinojosa
14.6%176
Pat Dixon
2.5%30
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Baylor County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 7:52 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +68.0R +77.8D +9.8
TX GovernorR +70.1R +77.8D +7.6
TX-13R +71.7R +77.8D +6.1

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Baylor County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris11.0%Donald Trump88.0%R +77.01,670
2020Joe Biden10.7%Donald Trump87.8%R +77.01,703
2016Hillary Clinton12.7%Donald Trump84.5%R +71.81,499
2012Barack Obama16.8%Mitt Romney81.5%R +64.71,592
2008Barack Obama22.3%John McCain76.8%R +54.51,643
2004John Kerry28.5%George W. Bush71.3%R +42.81,640
2000Al Gore33.4%George W. Bush64.8%R +31.41,984

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +45.7.

Other counties in Texas

Texas results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Texas certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Texas's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.